And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- The Death of Sarah 2. ארבע קרית qı̂ryat - 'arba‛ , “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛ , “Arba‘, four.” 8. עפרון ‛ eprôn...
Genesis 23. Abraham Purchases the Cave of Machpelah as a Burying-place of Sarah. This chapter belongs to P, as is shown by its legal precision and...
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Death of Sarah and Purchase of the Buryingplace of Machpelah by Abraham This section is from the Priestly source and dwells on the legal transacti...
PURCHASE OF MACHPELAH Genesis 23:1-20 IT may be supposed to be a needless observation that our life is greatly influenced by the fact that it s...
Abraham Buys a Burial Place Genesis 23:1-20 Death is an ever-constant monitor that this world is not our home. We rise up from before our dead...
We now see Abraham in the midst of personal sorrow, which reveals his character in a remarkable way. Sarah, who had ever been to him a princess, was...
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him. The following words:
THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH The time arrives for Sarah's death at the age of 127 years. This illustrates another lesson as regards the aftermath...
The Cave of Machpelah. B. C. 1857. 3...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, “My lord, hear me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 23:3 . Stood up from before his dead.] “Abraham must be thought of as ‘weeping over the face’ of Sarah ( 2 Kings 13:14 )...
Genesis 23:4 . A burying-place. Abraham believed in a future state; therefore he, as well as the other patriarchs, buried his dead. Joseph, actuat...
Abraham buried Sarah his wife Abraham burying his dead I. CONSIDER HIM AS A MAN. II. CONSIDER HIM AS A MAN OF BUSINESS. 1. His independen...
EXPOSITION Genesis 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old (literally, and the lives of Sarah were an hundred and t...
The Purchase of Machpelah
Genesis 23:14
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him